The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-07-02
FORTUNE FINDERS.
The Luck of Some New Orleans Men
in the June Drawing Of the Lou
isiana State Lottery.

The Luck of Some New Orleans Men
in the June Drawing Of the Lou
isiana State Lottery.
About noon on Wednesday three men
stepped into the private office of The Lou
isiana State Lottery Company, and their
smiling faces betrayed their Grand They
were John w. Tenny, an engineer, and
Charles Dennis and John Moran, watchmen,
all three at present in Government employ.
the latter on board the United States Gov
eminent boat General Newton, and Tenny
is engineer of the Ruby, the boats now lying
near the Exposition grounds, preparing for
a trip to the Atchafalaya.
Dennis Ind twentieth Of the ticket which
won the $500, 900 prize, rolled up carelessly
between his fingers. He Strengthened it out
on the table and said:
There it is boys; we've got it,"
you see" said Dennis, "this is COM
bine' We each buy ticket every month,
form pool, and divide the profits. We
have been buying tickets for several years,
and at last we struck it," "a
at was his ticket that did the business, !"
said Tenny moran and I bought ours,
but Dennis did not havea chance to go down
town. He finally asked friend of his to
bring him upa dollar ticket. Dennis got
his dollar ticket and put it in the pool.
thought no more of it until the morning
after the drawing. | had the blues, but
when saw the Hcayune-you can guess
the rest. There on top of the column were
the figures 80, 40, and opposite them the
$500 900 prize. That is our number, and so
Dennis Moran and | told the boss that we
had important business down town and here
we are.n
"What are you going to do with the mon
eym asked the reporter.
"This is in confidence. We intend to de-
plete our finances considerably by having a
good time, and after that we may go back
TO work just the same as ever. In fact, we
may not quit work at all.
Just then a check for the money they had
won was brought to them, and the trio de-
parted rejoicing. Dennis is from county
Clare. Ireland, 81 years of age, has been in
America since childhood, and in New Or
leans for five years. One of the first habits
he acquired was TO buy lottery ticket
monthly, and now he is glad he did it. Mo
ran is an Orleanian, bred and born. Tenny
is from North Carolina, and says it is the
first time he has had his name in the papers.
All three are unmarried, and jolly good fell
lows.
The little Office had not been long vacated
when in came another caller. It was Let
ter Carrier p. J. Mooney without his uni
form. Mooney had found his luck at last
and he found il with dollar ticket in the
June drawing of the Louisiana State Lot
terry Company. He is native Of New Or
leans, q years of age, is unmarried and lives
with his family at 420 Ursulines street. II
1854 Postmaster Merchant appointed him tc
carry mail and he was retained under tn,
| Democratic administration.
Mooney did not believe much in lottery
He bought one ticket for a dollar and won
nothing. This confirmed his belief or rather
lack of it. A few days before the june
drawing he determined 10 try it again
among the FIVE tickets he bought was one
bearing the magic figures, SO, 749. They
We're magic TO him for they opened the gates
of fortune in a day and made him com
parativelv rich man Mooney bought his
tickets two days before the drawing, and
when he saw the PicaYune on Wednesday
morning his JOY can Well be imagined-No
SO, 749 had won the $500, 600 prize.
Mooney says he will invest his money and
carry his mail bag with a lighter heart
There were no other capital prize holderl
who called that day, the other fractions be
ing held in distant parts of the country, but
the reception OF smaller holders continued
until the doors were closed, tickets were
presented and cashed, and the June draw
ing has been lucky one for many. NJ
matter in what mood the callers came, they
all departed smiling -Ne,O Orleans (Ld,
| PicdWtne, June 18th. 1897